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DPN's have finally been used...

Submitted by jrrenola on Tue, 2008-03-11 22:01

I picked up a few sets of Clover bamboo DPN's with Michael's 50% off coupons. So, I decided tonight to sit down and try them out. After frogging twice, I got something going. However, I have a question...should the knitting produced be pointed toward you? Or am I knitting backward somehow? The tube, when pointing toward me, is stockinette (since I'm knitting all stitches) The tube, if I were to pull it through and down thru the needles to point at my lap, is reverse stockinette...does that make sense?

The tube when hanging down (and it should hang down) should be stockinette stitch toward you and reverse stochinette on the inside. Get any sock and hold it up by the toe. That is the way your knitting should look. I wonder if you are working on the inside of the tube instead of on the outside. I have seen people do this and it causes a problem when you come to turn the heel. Do you know anyone who can sit beside you? It helps a lot. Wish I were there.
Ron

Perhaps I wasn't clear in my description. If you were looking at your hands and holding the needles straight up in like this / \ with the other 2 needles just hanging down, then the tube is coming toward me, instead of going away from me. The tube I see is stockinette. Does that make more sense?